Knowing that the frequency of weddings dwindles during our cold New England winters, I decided to try my hand at maternity portraits. My wonderful mother-in-law knew of a lovely lady who happened to be pregnant and was happy to volunteer as a model. I picked up a Savage Port-A-Stand at our local Ritz Camera and sewed a very large black backdrop to hang on it. I was really pleased with the port-a-stand and recommend it to anyone looking for a portable studio backdrop frame. It was very easy to put together with only one person. The following maternity portraits are from that shoot. Many thanks to my wonderful models!
Wow Vail, what a great start into this genre of photography.
I shoot a few of these each year, and it keeps increasing as I do more. One of the things I find helps a lot is getting mostly modeling light versus flat or beauty light. Your first image in this series does a great job of this technique too.
Best, D.